dryg

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• drøy

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian Nynorsk dryg

Adjective

dryg (masculine and feminine dryg, neuter drygt, definite singular and plural dryge, comparative drygere, indefinite superlative drygest, definite superlative drygeste)

1. economical, lasting, going a long way
2. demanding, tough, stiff
3. bulky, heavy, substantial, powerful, violent
4. coarse, crude
5. more than, over

References

• “dryg” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse drjúgr, from Proto-Germanic *dreugaz.

Adjective

dryg (neuter drygt, definite singular and plural dryge, comparative drygare, indefinite superlative drygast, definite superlative drygaste)

1. lasting, economical
2. rough, demanding
3. great, violent, heavy, bulky
4. more than, over
5. intense, harsh

References

• “dryg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dryːj/

Verb

drȳġ

1. singular imperative of drȳġan

Polish

Etymology

Deverbal from drygać.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈdrɘk/

• (Masovia):
  • (Łowicz) IPA^(key): [ˈdrɘk]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɘk
• Syllabification: dryg

Noun

dryg m inan

1. (colloquial or dialectal, Łowicz) flair, knack

   Synonyms: biegłość, smykałka, sprawność, umiejętność, wprawa

Declension

Declension of dryg

	singular	plural
nominative	dryg	drygi
genitive	drygu	drygów
dative	drygowi	drygom
accusative	dryg	drygi
instrumental	drygiem	drygami
locative	drygu	drygach
vocative	drygu	drygi

Further reading

• dryg in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• dryg in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Marzena Kozanecka-Zwierz, Magdalena Bartosiewicz, Renata Marciniak-Firadza, editors (2014), “dryg”, in Gwara – Księżaków "język ojczysty" Dziedzictwo regionu łowickiego (in Polish), Łowicz: Muzeum w Łowiczu, →ISBN, page 27

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish drȳgher, from Old Norse drjúgr, from Proto-Germanic *dreugaz. Cognate to Russian друг (drug, “friend”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dryːɡ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -yːɡ

Adjective

dryg (comparative drygare, superlative drygast)

1. lasting, economical

   drygt diskmedel

   long-lasting (concentrated) detergent

2. lasting, heavy
3. annoying, especially through being (sarcastic and) condescending

   en dryg snubbe

   an annoying, condescending guy

   dryga kommentarer

   annoying, sarcastic comments

4. (of a situation) annoying
5. approximately but exceeding

   Maten är klar om en dryg halvtimme.

   The food will be ready in about half an hour.

Usage notes

Someone who is very spydig could be described as dryg, for example. Leans more towards getting annoyed or angry than getting sad, where someone might be described as elak (“mean”) instead.

Declension

Inflection of dryg

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	dryg	drygare	drygast
neuter singular	drygt	drygare	drygast
plural	dryga	drygare	drygast
masculine plural2	dryge	drygare	drygast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	dryge	drygare	drygaste
all	dryga	drygare	drygaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Related terms

• dryga
• dryga ut
• mjöldryga
• odryg

Further reading

• “dryg”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)